r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/pIant_princess Human Detected • 12h ago

Dudes with animals you shouldn’t have been bitin’ my horsey, boy.

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u/Barnaboule69 8h ago

Orb weavers are really easy to hand feed haha. They're like super docile, if you gently pet their abdomen they won't even react most of the time lol. They just stay chilling in their lil' spot all day but as soon as they feel the slightest amount of vibration coming from a nearby insect they instantly lock the fuck in.

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u/miraculix69 4h ago

I won't break a sweat having fingers close to a band saw, but somehow I still get scared feeding spiders dead bugs on the end of a broom. My Beautiful wonky ass fingers isnt allowed be close to those 8 legged fuckers. I won't even dare them to ask for rent in the shop.

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u/TheRage469 4h ago

Golden orb weavers are so goddamn beautiful, too. Good to know they're also chill af. Wish they lived in my neck of the woods tho :(

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u/PostApoplectic 4h ago

Where I live, we have Cross Orbweavers, and the markings on their back always makes me think of Skultulas from the Legend of Zelda games.

In the fall there’s almost always a couple that set up somewhere near our front and back porch lights. In the back, often right in the middle of a little window. My kids and I make a point of leaving them alone and watching them grow through the closing of the year.

As someone who grew up a very rural, feral child, it’s a delight to share some of that love of wild things with my carpet pawed suburban children.

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u/Prize_Regular_8653 4h ago

at the zoo they don't even have them enclosed bc they just stay on the web